Jason Howard Green

Monday, August 28, 2017

June 27 - Meshell Ndegeocello: Birth Mother of NeoSoul

"If that's your boyfriend, if that's your boyfriend, if that's your boyfriend, he wasn't last night." That is the hook of the very song I ever heard by Meshell. I remember it vividly. I was in college and this anthem of infidelity was bumping everywhere on campus. It was quite the hit. I was not aware that this young lady and ushering in a new wave of music that would eventually wear the title "NeoSoul."

Meshell was born Michelle Lynn Johnson but adopted the surname Ndegeocello which means "free like a bird" in Swahili. Her biggest hit to this date is her duet with John Cougar Mellancamp. "Wild Nights" was their cover of the Van Morrison hit. This song would reach number 3 on the Billboard charts. She has also collaborated with such greats as Herbie Hancock, Madonna and Chaka Khan.

Since 1993 she has released 11 studio albums and her twelfth is scheduled for release in November of this year. In addition to her studio albums, she has released quite a bit of music that is featured in the soundtracks of movies. Some of those include How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Love and Basketball, The Best Man, and Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls. My favorite song by her would be a song from one of those soundtracks. It is simply called "Untitled." Get into it below . . .

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Black and gay. Geek and Greek (Phi Beta Sigma). Spirtual but not judgemental. Optimist but a realist. Writer and activist. I am the author of The ABCs of Coming Out. Also I am the founder of UGIMA (United Gay Informed Men of African-descent).